Title - MP demands metro link between Jammu, Vaishno Devi shrine

New Delhi:  Jammu and Kashmir MP Chodhary Lal Singh today demanded a metro link between Jammu city and Vaishno Devi shrine for the convenience of pilgrims.Just before the Question Hour was disrupted in the Lok Sabha this morning over the Opposition’s demand for an explanation from the Centre on violence in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Saturday, Lal Singh raised a demand to provide a metro link to Katra, the pilgrimage town. The government, however, said it was impossible as per the existing rules.“Can the government tell us if it is thinking of providing a metro link from Jammu to Vaishno Devi shrine? This is important for the convenience of lakhs of pilgrims who visit the shrine every year,” Lal Singh said. He was raising a supplementary question on the main equation about metro projects in cities, which was raised by BJP member Harin Pathak.Replying to Singh, the Minister of State for Urban Development, Saugata Roy, said the proposal was not possible. “The metro rail can only be provided in cities with a population of over 20 lakh. It is not possible to bring a metro in the said location as the same is outside the city of Jammu,” the MoS said.